Worth Watching: Alan Cumming and David Morrissey in ‘Tip Toe,’ Catherine Zeta-Jones in ‘Kill Jackie,’ Return to ‘Oz,’ Go Deep Into Africa

Tip Toe

Alan Cumming takes a break from hosting The Traitors, starring opposite another of the U.K.’s best actors, David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), in a provocatively sobering five-part psychodrama series by Russell T. Davies (Queer as Folk) about neighbors whose cordiality soon curdles when homophobia rears its ugly head. Cumming is Leo, proprietor of a gay bar in suburban Manchester, where he lives alongside Clive (Morrissey), a tightly wound electrician with two grown sons, one a teenager who’s privately exploring his own sexuality. When Leo gets locked out of his house in his underwear and turns to Clive for help, the comically embarrassing incident has a dark and unsettling undercurrent of condescension and scorn. Boundaries are broken, and Leo has to face the reality that for all the advances in gay rights, being openly queer in 2026 is now a “political act,” and bigots no longer have to pretend to be tolerant. From the disturbing opening scene, it’s clear this situation isn’t going to end well.

Kill Jackie

If the blunt title evokes Quentin Tarantino, that’s no accident. This exotically lurid eight-part thriller, airing weekly, goes over-the-top early and stays there. Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones stars in the title role of Jackie Price, a glamorous art dealer who’s distanced herself from her criminal past 20 years earlier as an international drug smuggler. When that past resurfaces in an especially violent manner, courtesy of a gang of international assassins known as The Seven Demons, Jackie goes on the run while plotting her own methods of payback against those who are trying to kill her.

The Wizard of Oz

Once upon a time, watching The Wizard of Oz on TV was an annual event, as families and friends gathered to watch the 1939 classic in once-a-year broadcasts from the late 1950s to the late 1990s. For the first time in nearly 30 years, Oz is back on broadcast TV in unedited form in a special presentation hosted by Collector’s Call‘s Lisa Whelchel and featuring interstitial interviews with experts, performers and designers with insights into this magical world. There’s never a wrong time to go “Over the Rainbow” with Judy Garland‘s Dorothy and her fantasy companions. The movie repeats Saturday (7/6c) as a Svengoolie special.

Africa Earth’s Wild Home

To go on this safari, you won’t need to leave home. A stunningly photographed seven-part nature series explores the variety of wildlife on the ever-changing continent of Africa, filmed over four years and airing over two nights: four episodes tonight, three on Saturday (streaming afterward on Disney+ and Hulu). The first in a projected multiyear franchise spotlighting each of Earth’s continents, Africa Earth’s Wild Home traverses nearly 30 countries to capture footage including rare images of creatures including the African black panther and the black rain frog and captivating scenes including chimpanzees using improvised tools to fish for algae and hyenas hunting elephants at night.

Gold Rush

The long-running reality series returns to the Yukon for its 17th season, with millions in gold ready to be mined by those willing to brave the elements and invest the equipment, time, and labor in the grueling trade. As the season begins, “King of the Klondike” Tony Beets sinks $20 million into new mining tools and brings brother Nick in as a foreman, with rival Parker Schnabel hot on his heels until a water dispute threatens to stall his progress. In the opener, fellow miner Rick Ness gets some troubling health news.

Inside Friday TV:

• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (8/7c, ABC): The game show returns with Community alum Gillian Jacobs, R&B singer Omarion and American Ninja Warrior‘s Matt Iseman spinning the wheel for charity.
• Outlander: Blood of My Blood (8/7c, Starz): With Dougal (Sam Retford) away leading his followers to war, a rival clan attempts a takeover of the MacKenzies’ Castle Leoch, but they haven’t taken Ellen’s (Harriet Slater) warrior spirit into account.
• Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (8/7c, Turner Classic Movies): A 2000 documentary profile of the protean silent-film star is followed by the 1957 biopic A Man of a Thousand Faces (9:30/8:30c), starring James Cagney as Chaney, and Chaney classics including 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera (11:45/10:45c).
• Ready to Love (8/7c, OWN): The dating show moves to Chicago for its 12^th
• True Crime Watch: On ABC’s 20/20 (9/8c), John Quiñones reports on the 2015 sexual assault and murder in Arizona of Allison Feldman, which went unsolved until advances in familial DNA cracked the case. New contributors David and Kristen Mittelman of Othram Labs explain how that works. On Dateline NBC (9/8c), Blayne Alexander’s report on Cincinnati sexual assault survivor Dana Beatty expands into an investigation of how varying sexual assault laws and statutes of limitation for rape cases from state to state aren’t keeping pace with crime-solving technology.
• The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd (9/8c, History Channel): The “believe it or not” series returns for a fourth season with stories of epic fails through history.
• The 39^th Hispanic Heritage Awards (9/8c, PBS): The People of Minnesota receive the Humanitarian Award during the September ceremony, which also honors musicians and singer-songwriters Oscar D’León, Mon Laferte, and rapper Eladio Carrión, who all perform. Followed by the Voces special ASCO: Without Permission (10/9c), a profile of the L.A.-based Chicano activist art group.
• Life After Lockup: Relationship Rehab (9/8c, We TV): Five couples from the Lockup series get counseling from relationship expert Dr. Ish Major in a nine-episode spinoff.
• Anna Pigeon (10/9c, USA Network): Anna’s (Tracy Spiridakos) sister Molly (Tricia Helfer) picks a bad time to visit from New York, because the park ranger is consumed by finding out who shot her sometimes boyfriend Jesse (Cooper Levy).
• W.A.T. Exiles (10/9c, Starz): The squad’s investigation into a gang murder turns into a hostage standoff.
• Jimmy Kimmel Live (11:35/10:35, ABC): The late-night host finishes his weeklong visit to Brooklyn with Paul McCartney and Sen. Bernie Sanders as scheduled guests.

On the Stream:

• The Last First: Winter K2 (streaming on Apple TV): A cautionary documentary explores the sport of extreme mountaineering when an expedition to be the first to summit the treacherous K2 in winter is impacted by commercialism and the arrival of social-media influencers.
• Tyler Perry’s Doing Life (streaming on Netflix): Naomi Baker and Jay Reeves star in a romantic drama as a single mom and an ex-con each looking for a second chance.
• Forever This Ring (streaming on Turnstr+): Taye Diggs stars in director Chris Stokes’ psychological thriller as a playboy whose marriage to “the one” (La’Myia Good) turns dangerously sour, launching a new “creator-first” platform.
• Bite Size Terror (streaming on Tubi): Get in the Halloween spirit with an anthology of 10 short-form horror stories.
• Gamechangers: Mother/Athlete (streaming on The Roku Channel): A documentary profiles WNBA players juggling motherhood with pro sports.
• Adventure Time: Side Quests (streaming on Disney+): The animated fantasy spinoff returns for a second season.
• Evil Dead Burn (streaming on HBO Max): The latest film in the graphic horror franchise makes its streaming debut and premieres Saturday on HBO at 8/7c.
• MobLand (streaming on Paramount+): After the attack on the Harrigans that left multiple corpses and Bella (Lara Pulver) a prisoner, Frankie Cooper (Johnny Flynn) sets a meeting with the embattled crime family.